Quick work trip in Halifax, Ca

Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:34 am

Could not visit the Atlantic Aviation Museum.....due to the last storm. https://acamuseum.ca/

But spent a wonderfull moment at the Shearwater museum: https://shearwateraviationmuseum.ca/
Glad to finally see the Firefly.

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2023 11:52 am

Nice photos! Love the Swordfish and Firefly. Thanks for sharing!

JohnB · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2023 11:54 am

Neat, they seem to have most of the postwar Canadian types, but I didn't see a CF-100.

The Banshee is nice. Many don't remember that Canada was a major user of them back when they had carriers.

Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:02 pm

Quote:

Neat, they seem to have most of the postwar Canadian types, but I didn't see a CF-100.

The Banshee is nice. Many don't remember that Canada was a major user of them back when they had carriers.

Royal Canadian Navy oriented.

Shearwater was RCN base.

Thomas_Mac · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:12 pm

Been almost 5 years to the day since I made it to Shearwater myself, great pics!

Are those Canso wings in the woods at the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum?

JohnB · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:51 am

Michel Lemieux wrote:

Quote:

Neat, they seem to have most of the postwar Canadian types, but I didn't see a CF-100.

The Banshee is nice. Many don't remember that Canada was a major user of them back when they had carriers.

Royal Canadian Navy oriented.

Shearwater was RCN base.

Point taken, but the CF-101 and Silver Star were not RCN, hence my (semi) expectation of a CF-100.

Archer · **Joined:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:13 pm **Posts:** 426

Thomas_Mac wrote:

Are those Canso wings in the woods at the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum?

Sure looks like a set of Catalina/Canso wings to me...

Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:04 am

Quote:

Are those Canso wings in the woods at the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum?

Yes they are. The one inside does not have wings.

Thomas_Mac · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:18 am

JohnB wrote:

Michel Lemieux wrote:

Quote:

Neat, they seem to have most of the postwar Canadian types, but I didn't see a CF-100.

The Banshee is nice. Many don't remember that Canada was a major user of them back when they had carriers.

Royal Canadian Navy oriented.

Shearwater was RCN base.

Point taken, but the CF-101 and Silver Star were not RCN, hence my (semi) expectation of a CF-100.

You wouldn't be able to know this without having been to the area but the CF-101 isn't in Shearwater but is part of the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum about 30 minutes away (along with a CF-100). The RCN also did utilize some CT-133s.

helinut · **Joined:** Tue May 25, 2004 11:57 am **Posts:** 166

The Canso at ACAM was recovered from its crash site in 1986,in Labrador.

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